# 荻

| 荻 | U+837B, &#33659; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-837B |
| ← 荺 [U+837A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 荼 → [U+837C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

荻 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 10 (Mainland China, Japan), 11 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 廿大竹火 (TKHF), four-corner 4428$_9$, composition ⿱艹狄)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31005
* Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3223, character 12
* Unihan data for U+837B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 逖 | *tʰeːɡ |
| 悐 | *tʰeːɡ |
| 狄 | *deːɡ |
| 荻 | *deːɡ |
| 梑 | *deːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dí (di$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dí
*** Wade–Giles: ti$^2$
*** Yale: dí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dyi
*** Palladius: ди (di)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dik$^6$
*** Yale: dihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɪk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: dek
Rime :
| Character | 荻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 徒歷切 |
| Baxter | dek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /dek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /diek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*deːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 荻 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2207 |
| Phonetic component | 狄 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 荻 |
| Old Chinese | /*deːɡ/ |

### Definitions

荻
* Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 修母畫荻 / 修母画荻 (xiū mǔ huàdí)
* 歐母畫荻 / 欧母画荻 (ōu mǔ huàdí)
* 畫荻 / 画荻 (huàdí)
* 畫荻教子 / 画荻教子 (huàdí jiào zǐ)
* 荻筆 / 荻笔 (díbǐ)
* 蘆荻 / 芦荻 (lúdí)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
* reed, cane

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
* Kan-on: てき (teki)
* Kun: おぎ (ogi, 荻)

#### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with 萩(はぎ) (hagi).

#### Compounds

* 蘆(ろう)荻(てき) (rōteki)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 荻
* おぎ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
Ultimate derivation uncertain. One theory suggests that it might be the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 招く (ancient reading woku, modern rendering oku, “to invite, to beckon someone closer”, also found in some texts with the ancient reading wogu), from the way the grass waves in the wind.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おぎ [óꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [o̞ɡʲi]

### Noun

荻(おぎ) or 荻(オギ) • (ogi)
* Amur silver-grass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)

#### Usage notes

* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オギ.

### References

* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3446:, text here
* ↑ “オギ・荻”, in 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2007–2017.
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * “荻”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

## Korean
### Hanja

荻 (eum 적 (jeok))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

荻: Hán Nôm readings: địch
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